Music Trade Review
Issue: 1919 Vol. 68 N. 7 - Page 11
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FEBRUARY 15,
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
1919
11
PLEASING ACTIVITY IN PORTLAND, ORE., PIANO TRADE
Seiberling-Lucas Co. Secures Agency for Cable-Nelson Line—George W. Kennedy Passes Away
—Mason & Hamlin Used at Symphony Orchestra Concert—Personals and Other News
February 8.—The Cable-Nelson
line of pianos has been secured by the Seiber-
ling-Lucas Co., who have been making expen-
sive and important alterations and improvements
in their store on Fourth street. A carload of
these pianos is on the way to the firm. A small
shipment has already arrived and has met with
encouraging success. The talking machine de-
partment is doing well, but the lack of machines
is a serious handicap. The Cable-Nelson Co.
shipped a few "Dulcitones" to the firm and the
new machine gained instant favor from all who
heard it. The small goods department was
never so prosperous and the sheet music depart-
ment has had a thorough overhauling and is in
most excellent shape. All in all the Seiberling-
Lucas Co. is congratulating itself upon the ex-
cellent business done during the winter and the
good prospects which are so evident for the
future.
G. F. Johnson, of the G. F. Johnson Piano Co.,
shows his loyalty by engaging honorably dis-
charged soldiers for positions in his store.
Donald Smith, formerly of the talking machine
department of the Meier & Frank store, is now
with the G. J. Johnson store, and J. M. Parker,
another soldier who has just been released, has
also been engaged.
There is hardly an electric piano left of the
Wiley B. Allen Co.'s big stock. Not a Euphona
on hand—all sold out. A shipment is expected
very soon. The piano business is about normal
it: regard to uprights, grands and ordinary play-
ers, but there has been a surprising demand for
electric players. G. V. Taylor, sales manager
of the piano department, has recovered from a
severe attack of the influenza and is again at
his post. Mrs. Tingley and Miss Spore have
not yet recovered from the disease, but are bet-
ter.
George W. Kennedy, a prominent piano man
and citizen of Portland, died at his residence on
Claskamas street on Thursday morning after a
prolonged illness. Mr. Kennedy was at one
time sales manager of the Allen Gilbert Co., also
of Sherman, Clay & Co. and the Reed-French
Co. He was one of the best known and most
highly respected piano men in the Northwest
and had hosts of friends who regret his death.
Manufactured by
The wife of August Johnson, a piano polisher
of the Wiley B. Allen Co., died during the week
of pneumonia. All the Wiley B. Allen people
feel a personal grief in the death of Mrs. John-
son, who was well known and liked by all con-
nected with the house.
Edwin Erenyi has been made assistant man-
ager of the Bush & Lane Piano Co. here. Busi-
ness in the piano department was far better
than it has ever been in January and the same
condition exists the present month. Two more
salesmen have been engaged for the piano de-
partment.
A better January trade than has been known
for years was done at the Soule Bros. Music
House. Behr Bros, and McPhail pianos are car-
ried by the firm, which is well satisfied with the
sales.
Brunswick talking machines are in
greater demand than ever.
J. C. Gallagher, piano salesman of the Bush
& Lane Co., is ill with influenza.
Mrs. Gladys Hable, formerly bookkeeper of
the Bush & Lane Co., died last week of influ-
enza after an illness of a couple of days. Mrs.
Hable was a very popular young woman and her
death was a great shock to her friends. She
was formerly with the Kohler & Chase Co. here.
W. A. McDougal, of the McDougal Music Co.,
has received a letter from his father telling him
that his younger brother, who was reported to
have been killed in France, is alive and rapidly
recovering from wounds and will soon be on his
way home.
A bad cold has prevented J. I. Chisholm, of
the Portland Piano House, from completing ar-
rangements in his new store on West Park
street. Mr. Chisholm was confined to his house
for a week, but has recovered and is busy get-
ting everything ready for a big February trade.
"I am not willing to pay present prices for
pianos," said Harold S. Gilbert, of the Gilbert
Piano Co. "I am short of pianos and need
them, but cannot afford to pay the price asked
for them." Mr. Gilbert bought some pianos
from Eilers bankrupt stock, which he is having
repaired in his shop. The sales of used pianos
are very good.
The Portland Symphony Orchestra, which
gave its annual public concert on the evening of
January 29 for the first time since its organiza-
tion, had a singer—Madame Fahey, of Victoria,
B. C.—who contributed to the brilliancy of the
well-balanced program. A Mason & Hamlin
gtand, furnished by the Wiley B. Allen Co., was
used for the occasion. A Mason & Hamlin
piano was also used by the San Carlos Opera
Co. during its recent engagement here.
L. S. Shurtliff, who has been at the training
camp at the naval base in San Diego, has re-
turned to Portland and is occupying his for-
mer position, which was that of manager of the
small goods section of the Graves Music House.
The house is now with the Oregon Eilers Music
Co. in their new location on Washington street.
Smith, Barnes
A. A. WENSLEY_WITH KURTZMANN
PORTLAND, ORE.,
CHARACTER
"Admirable Quality; Acknowledged Reputation"
—(Standard Dictionary)
PIANOS
and =
Strohber Co.
have for 33 years
justified their right
to be called
Pianos of Character
FACTORIES
North Milwaukee, Wis.
Chicago, 111.
OFFICE
1872 Clybouro Avenue
Chicago, 111.
Former Hallet & Davis Representative in Im-
portant Post With Buffalo Concern
Arthur A. Wensley has been appointed gen-
eral representative for C. Kurtzmann & Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y., and will make his initial trip
the latter part of this month, covering the Mid-
dle West territory. For the past twelve years
Mr. Wensley was associated with the Hallet &
Davis Co., being in charge of the New York sales
territory at the time of his resignation. He will
make his headquarters at Buffalo and expects
to move there shortly from his present home at
Nutley, N. J.
Consult the universal Want Directory of \
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
CTi^Aira*^^
Victrola XVI, $225
Victrola XVI, electric, $282.50
Mahogany or oak
Other styles $25 to $950
Victor
Supremacy
Victor supremacy
points the way to suc-
cess for every music
retailer.
It marks the "path
of least resistance."
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
" V i c t r o l a " i, the Re«i»tered Trade-mark of
the Victor Talking Machine Company designating
the product* of this Company only.
W a r n i n g : The use of the woid VictroU
upon or in the promotion or sale of any other
Talking Machine or Phonograph product* it mis-
leading and illegal.
I m p o r t a n t N o t i c e . Victor Records and
Victor Machines are scientifically co-ordinated
and synchronized in the processes of manufacture,
and their use, one with the other, it absolutely
essential to a perfect reproduction.
"HIS MASTERS VOICE"
FEBRUARY 15,
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
1919
11
PLEASING ACTIVITY IN PORTLAND, ORE., PIANO TRADE
Seiberling-Lucas Co. Secures Agency for Cable-Nelson Line—George W. Kennedy Passes Away
—Mason & Hamlin Used at Symphony Orchestra Concert—Personals and Other News
February 8.—The Cable-Nelson
line of pianos has been secured by the Seiber-
ling-Lucas Co., who have been making expen-
sive and important alterations and improvements
in their store on Fourth street. A carload of
these pianos is on the way to the firm. A small
shipment has already arrived and has met with
encouraging success. The talking machine de-
partment is doing well, but the lack of machines
is a serious handicap. The Cable-Nelson Co.
shipped a few "Dulcitones" to the firm and the
new machine gained instant favor from all who
heard it. The small goods department was
never so prosperous and the sheet music depart-
ment has had a thorough overhauling and is in
most excellent shape. All in all the Seiberling-
Lucas Co. is congratulating itself upon the ex-
cellent business done during the winter and the
good prospects which are so evident for the
future.
G. F. Johnson, of the G. F. Johnson Piano Co.,
shows his loyalty by engaging honorably dis-
charged soldiers for positions in his store.
Donald Smith, formerly of the talking machine
department of the Meier & Frank store, is now
with the G. J. Johnson store, and J. M. Parker,
another soldier who has just been released, has
also been engaged.
There is hardly an electric piano left of the
Wiley B. Allen Co.'s big stock. Not a Euphona
on hand—all sold out. A shipment is expected
very soon. The piano business is about normal
it: regard to uprights, grands and ordinary play-
ers, but there has been a surprising demand for
electric players. G. V. Taylor, sales manager
of the piano department, has recovered from a
severe attack of the influenza and is again at
his post. Mrs. Tingley and Miss Spore have
not yet recovered from the disease, but are bet-
ter.
George W. Kennedy, a prominent piano man
and citizen of Portland, died at his residence on
Claskamas street on Thursday morning after a
prolonged illness. Mr. Kennedy was at one
time sales manager of the Allen Gilbert Co., also
of Sherman, Clay & Co. and the Reed-French
Co. He was one of the best known and most
highly respected piano men in the Northwest
and had hosts of friends who regret his death.
Manufactured by
The wife of August Johnson, a piano polisher
of the Wiley B. Allen Co., died during the week
of pneumonia. All the Wiley B. Allen people
feel a personal grief in the death of Mrs. John-
son, who was well known and liked by all con-
nected with the house.
Edwin Erenyi has been made assistant man-
ager of the Bush & Lane Piano Co. here. Busi-
ness in the piano department was far better
than it has ever been in January and the same
condition exists the present month. Two more
salesmen have been engaged for the piano de-
partment.
A better January trade than has been known
for years was done at the Soule Bros. Music
House. Behr Bros, and McPhail pianos are car-
ried by the firm, which is well satisfied with the
sales.
Brunswick talking machines are in
greater demand than ever.
J. C. Gallagher, piano salesman of the Bush
& Lane Co., is ill with influenza.
Mrs. Gladys Hable, formerly bookkeeper of
the Bush & Lane Co., died last week of influ-
enza after an illness of a couple of days. Mrs.
Hable was a very popular young woman and her
death was a great shock to her friends. She
was formerly with the Kohler & Chase Co. here.
W. A. McDougal, of the McDougal Music Co.,
has received a letter from his father telling him
that his younger brother, who was reported to
have been killed in France, is alive and rapidly
recovering from wounds and will soon be on his
way home.
A bad cold has prevented J. I. Chisholm, of
the Portland Piano House, from completing ar-
rangements in his new store on West Park
street. Mr. Chisholm was confined to his house
for a week, but has recovered and is busy get-
ting everything ready for a big February trade.
"I am not willing to pay present prices for
pianos," said Harold S. Gilbert, of the Gilbert
Piano Co. "I am short of pianos and need
them, but cannot afford to pay the price asked
for them." Mr. Gilbert bought some pianos
from Eilers bankrupt stock, which he is having
repaired in his shop. The sales of used pianos
are very good.
The Portland Symphony Orchestra, which
gave its annual public concert on the evening of
January 29 for the first time since its organiza-
tion, had a singer—Madame Fahey, of Victoria,
B. C.—who contributed to the brilliancy of the
well-balanced program. A Mason & Hamlin
gtand, furnished by the Wiley B. Allen Co., was
used for the occasion. A Mason & Hamlin
piano was also used by the San Carlos Opera
Co. during its recent engagement here.
L. S. Shurtliff, who has been at the training
camp at the naval base in San Diego, has re-
turned to Portland and is occupying his for-
mer position, which was that of manager of the
small goods section of the Graves Music House.
The house is now with the Oregon Eilers Music
Co. in their new location on Washington street.
Smith, Barnes
A. A. WENSLEY_WITH KURTZMANN
PORTLAND, ORE.,
CHARACTER
"Admirable Quality; Acknowledged Reputation"
—(Standard Dictionary)
PIANOS
and =
Strohber Co.
have for 33 years
justified their right
to be called
Pianos of Character
FACTORIES
North Milwaukee, Wis.
Chicago, 111.
OFFICE
1872 Clybouro Avenue
Chicago, 111.
Former Hallet & Davis Representative in Im-
portant Post With Buffalo Concern
Arthur A. Wensley has been appointed gen-
eral representative for C. Kurtzmann & Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y., and will make his initial trip
the latter part of this month, covering the Mid-
dle West territory. For the past twelve years
Mr. Wensley was associated with the Hallet &
Davis Co., being in charge of the New York sales
territory at the time of his resignation. He will
make his headquarters at Buffalo and expects
to move there shortly from his present home at
Nutley, N. J.
Consult the universal Want Directory of \
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
CTi^Aira*^^
Victrola XVI, $225
Victrola XVI, electric, $282.50
Mahogany or oak
Other styles $25 to $950
Victor
Supremacy
Victor supremacy
points the way to suc-
cess for every music
retailer.
It marks the "path
of least resistance."
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
" V i c t r o l a " i, the Re«i»tered Trade-mark of
the Victor Talking Machine Company designating
the product* of this Company only.
W a r n i n g : The use of the woid VictroU
upon or in the promotion or sale of any other
Talking Machine or Phonograph product* it mis-
leading and illegal.
I m p o r t a n t N o t i c e . Victor Records and
Victor Machines are scientifically co-ordinated
and synchronized in the processes of manufacture,
and their use, one with the other, it absolutely
essential to a perfect reproduction.
"HIS MASTERS VOICE"
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